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The Yusuf family fled Syria - help them rebuild in Melbourne

Help a family of 8 start their new life in Melbourne: furniture, rent deposit and language classes.

🇦🇺 Australia1,878 views
Mateo Yang
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Melbourne
My family left Syria 12 months ago after the conflict closed our school and clinic. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Melbourne. We're a family of five and we're safe, but we arrived with very little. Our resettlement agency has provided 4 months of rent, and that support ends in November. I was a teacher in Syria, and I'm studying the language every evening. Our daughter and son have started school and are doing well. We want nothing more than to be self-sufficient. This fund will help us through the first six months. Funds are managed by a local church-run settlement group, a registered organization, which pays the landlord and suppliers on the family's behalf. Where the $3,750 goes: • Rent deposit and first month: $1,200 • Beds, table and basic furniture: $1,250 • Winter clothing and school supplies: $600 • Language classes and bus passes: $550 • Phone and internet for school and job search: $150 I hope life is good to you. - Mateo
#refugees#resettlement#family

Updates from Mateo

  1. Quick update: $523 raised so far (14%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Quick update: $1,049 raised so far (28%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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RecentTop gifts
  • Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $250

    “Happy to help. Thought of Mateo all day after reading this. - Salvador”

  • Andrés S. Velasco 🇺🇸 · $200
  • Serenity S. Lambert 🇺🇸 · $200
  • Anonymous 🇧🇩 · $100
  • Ayu Maya Harahap 🇮🇩 · $100

    “Blessings. Thought of Mateo all day after reading this. - Jakarta Barat”

  • Luke W. Bennett 🇺🇸 · $75
  • Natalia J. Schultz 🇺🇸 · $70.50

    “Thought of Mateo all day after reading this. - Los Angeles”

  • Anonymous 🇫🇷 · $67
  • Wesley G. Morrison 🇬🇧 · $57.50

    “From my family to yours. Thought of Mateo all day after reading this. - Bristol”

  • Vivian Bukola Williams 🇳🇬 · $50

    “God bless. My brother told me about this one. - Kano”

  • Anonymous 🇱🇰 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇮🇪 · $50

    “You got this. I'm in Dublin, thinking of you. - Dublin”

  • Nina Charlotte Kühn 🇩🇪 · $50

    “God bless. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Essen”

  • Kathleen B. Rivera 🇵🇭 · $50
  • Dwi Yusuf Suryadi 🇮🇩 · $50
  • Enrique G. Ramírez 🇪🇸 · $35
  • Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $32.50
  • Juan L. Ramirez 🇺🇸 · $31

    “Praying for you. Thought of Mateo all day after reading this. - Springfield”

  • Sophia B. Cooper 🇺🇸 · $30
  • Nitin L. Kothari 🇮🇳 · $25

    “Wish I could do more. Thought of Mateo all day after reading this. - Mangaluru”

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  • Nolan B. Duran

    I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I'm in accounting myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Blessings.

    • Raúl K. Quiroga

      Good luck. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Greetings from Wellington

      • Nicolás R. Hernández

        Hope it all works out, Mateo. Looking forward to the next update. Blessings

        • Asif Arif Banerjee

          this could happen to any of us. Please keep us posted. Blessings

          • Santiago R. Castro

            Take care, Mateo. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Please keep us posted.

            • Adriana G. BenítezAddress verified

              you're not alone, Mateo. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Take care.

              • Lin Lei LuAddress verified

                Rooting for you. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Love from San Diego.

                • José T. Rojas

                  So sorry you're going through this, Mateo. It takes guts to ask. Well done. All the best

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